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Nate Ollis did it the hard way last year and made it into the Bayview Place DC Bank Open presented by the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ through the seat-of-the-pants Monday qualifying process.

Quoting more recent history, pundits are saying Island-based Pacific FC needs to pull off a Liverpool tonight in Calgary. But for Michael Silberbauer, it’s more like a Utrecht.

Victory comes in many forms. It did Sunday for the Victoria Highlanders, literally through a guy named just that.

A couple of Island surfers rode home-wave advantage to move closer across the Pacific to Japan and the 2020 Olympics.

PACIFIC FC 2 YORK9 2 It was the best of times in the first half, and the worst of times in the second half, on a Dickensian Saturday afternoon for Pacific FC. A tale of two halves concluded in a 2-2 Canadian Premier League draw at Westhills Stadium.

The Spokane Shadow defeated Vancouver Island FC 2-0 in Women’s Premier Soccer League action Friday night in Washington State. It was the first game in franchise history for VIFC, which is making its debut in the WPSL.

Portland Timbers U-23 was once the most feared team in the Northwest Division of soccer’s USL 2 (previously the PDL) before that mantle was seized by Calgary Foothills the past few seasons.

Pacific FC has not scored in three consecutive games, and seven straight halves, and has only two goals in five games.

The 2019 women’s World Cup of soccer is looming next month in France, following the 2015 final at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Place. The one thing World Cup and Olympic legends such as Brandi Chastain, Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, Julie Foudy and Megan Rapinoe of the U.S.

The Victoria Volleyball Association Black Chargers don’t need to look far for inspiration. Their final practice, before opening today at the boys’ Canadian U-15 championships in Regina, took place at Royal Oak Middle School.